THE first team through to the semi-finals of the Cecil Cup was Markland Hill's 'B' team who put up a strong performance to beat First Division Longsight 'A' 91 - 52, proving they did not need the handicap of 30 games. Hawkshaw 'B' also had a fairly comfortable
SIR: Are you going to be flying from Manchester Airport this year? If so, LWT would like to hear from you. We're making a documentary series about an airline, its staff and passengers, and would like to talk to anyone keen to be on camera or who has something
RADCLIFFE Athletic Club were out in numbers at the Rochdale 10k. For Radcliffe's runners this was the latest round in their road race championship, while for Rossendale's international David Lewis it was a low key return from injury as he tries to recapture
SIR: May I respond to two current letters - 'Two bites allowed' (Your views, July 4) about this business of dogs being allowed bites! An entitlement! Bite whom? Bite him or her where? Bite a chunk out? Bite a child's leg off? I have heard: "He's had his
YOUNG tennis ace Emma Tootell was given a scare as the BSF Annual Tennis Tournament got underway last night. Jane Buswell, a newcomer to the competition, turned on the pressure after losing the first set to love, going down in the second by a narrow 7
BOLTON Harriers women's teams travelled to the Isle of Man last Sunday ready to battle to defend their position in Division Three of the Northern league. Athletes took every available place on ferries and planes from Manchester and Liverpool to ensure
SIR: We are searching for ex-pupils and staff who attended Prince Rupert School, Wilhelmshaven. It was a mixed boarding school for the children of servicemen stationed in Germany after world War 11 from 1947 to 1972. So far, we have found people in 27
NIGEL Wright answers Wigan's SOS in Paris tonight. International absentees and injury problems have left the Warriors desperately short of cover for a game they must win to keep alive their hopes of the Super League runners-up spot. Wright is recalled
SIR: I was sorry to read the comments of Mr T F Brackall regarding off-peak and bank holiday bus services (Viewpoint, June 23). Although Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority does not operate any buses, as these have been run independently
SIR: In 1990 1 produced a book called 'Railways in and Around Bolton' which was at that time a best seller in the town. Contributory factors to the book's success were the contributions made by local railway people from personal anecdotes and recollections
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BOLTON athlete Stuart Stokes faces the race of his life tomorrow night when he bids for a place in the British team for next month's World Championships in Athens. Stokes qualified for the final of the 3,000m steeplechase trials in Birmingham last night
TWO remarkable runs in the space of four days elevated 14-year-old Alex McVey to new heights. His debut fell race saw him finish first junior and ninth overall in the Cowpe Fair Race at Rossendale. Four days later, he surpassed the achievement in The
THE Bolton League breathed a sigh of relief today on the eve of tomorrow's Lancashire inter-league knockout semi-final. Only hours before they lined up to face the Lancashire County League at Denton West, they were facing a crisis that theatened to rob
BOLTON Metro triathletes faced the stern test of three races over a weekend for the Iron Tour at Boundary Water Park near Holmes Chapel. While a few hardy souls completed the series, the majority opted for the sprint distance triathlon. First off at 10am
HAVING used this column last week to extol the current virtues of Greenmount's first XI, I went along to Astley Bridge last Saturday, only to spend some six hours watching Greenmount attempting to disprove most of what I'd written! They began well enough
Thirteen-year-old Horwich RMI Harrier Mark Smith is celebrating after agreeing a sponsorship deal with Walsh Footwear. Mark is currently the under-12's English Fell Champion, runner-up in the under-14 British Fell Championship, Red Rose Cross Country
THIRTY firefighters battled to save a Bolton kitchen distribution centre early today as a fierce blaze tore through the building. The fire started at 1.40am at Best Kitchens on St Mark's Street, Great Lever. Crews from Bolton Central, Bolton North, Farnworth
MARKLAND Hill 'A' and Holcombe Brook 'A' continue to dominate the Mixed Division One with the first two weeks of the reverse fixtures now complete. In Division Two however, whilst Markland Hill 'B' have continued their winning run, Holcombe 'B' surprisingly
THE mother of a teenager who sparked a major police hunt when he went missing during a school trip to Yorkshire has spoken of her ordeal. As reported in last night's BEN, Sharples School pupil Daniel Bretherton was missing for six hours on the Yorkshire
SIR: I am hoping that someone in your wide readership will be able to help me to resume contact with two old friends of mine from many years ago. The two men that interest me are: Derek Pilkington, whose father was a dentist. Derek attended the old Church
EUROPEAN transport chief Neil Kinnock has pledged that the EC will push for increased bus and coach safety in the wake of the Alps coach crash which killed three Bolton schoolchildren. The former Labour leader was responding to a campaign by Bolton MEP
A TOW truck driver involved in an horrific road crash which killed a Bolton mother has been convicted of causing her death by dangerous driving. John Sherman was towing a Seddon Atkinson box lorry on Chorley New Road, Horwich, when it broke away and smashed
SIR: I am the local contact for the War Research Society run mainly by retired and serving Police Officers and Ex-Servicemen as a charitable hobby. It was founded many years ago and supports a number of causes including the R.B.L. Poppy Appeal, the Commonwealth
SIR: I'm Graeme Obree, the cyclist who twice became world individual pursuit champion and twice held the Blue Riband world one-hour record, on a bike I made using part of an old washing machine. I'm writing to ask you if you will join me in supporting
ATHERTON COLLS were this week hit by a bombshell when manager of just a few weeks Steve Vychinski put in a disappearing act for the first night of pre-season training. "Nav" had built a reputation as one of the top amateur managers in the North West,
We left our home in '44, When I was only 10, To live by Blackpool's sandy shore, And start our lives again. Away from bombs and sleepless nights, That filled my heart with dread. Surrounded by new friends, new sights, Fresh fields and paths to tread.
